20.923(6)(6)Salaries set by appointing authorities. Salaries for the following positions may be set by the appointing authority, subject to restrictions otherwise set forth in the statutes and the compensation plan under s. 230.12, except where the salaries are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91:

20.923(6)(Lm)(Lm) University of Wisconsin-Madison, chancellor: all positions assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, other than chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

20.923(6)(m)(m) University of Wisconsin System: all positions, including the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but not including any other position assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

20.923(7)(7)General senior executive positions. The salary ranges for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and for the secretary, deputy secretary, and assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be contained in the recommendations of the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for the director and executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The employee trust funds board shall set the salary for the secretary of the department of employee trust funds within the range to which the position is assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds and the salary of the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be set in accordance with subs. (8) and (9), respectively. The salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The positions are assigned as follows:

20.923 NoteNOTE: Sub. (7) (intro.) is shown as affected by 2015 Wis. Acts 55 and 58 and as merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (2) (i).

20.923(7)(a)(a) The positions assigned to general senior executive group 1 are the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds.

20.923(7)(b)(b) The positions assigned to general senior executive group 2 are the director of the Wisconsin Technical College System and the secretary and deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds.

20.923(8)(8)Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary, other than the salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.

20.923 NoteNOTE: Sub. (8) is shown as affected by 2015 Wis. Acts 55 and 58 and as merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (2) (i).

20.923(9)(9)Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system and the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay purposes under this subsection.

20.923 NoteNOTE: Sub. (9) is shown as affected by 2015 Wis. Acts 55 and 58 and as merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (2) (i).

20.923(10)(10)Office of the governor staff. The salary for key professional staff of the office of the governor identified as office of the governor assistants, other than the executive secretary, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range for executive salary group 3.

20.923(12)(12)Other department of safety and professional services positions. The salaries for division administrators and bureau directors appointed under s. 440.04 (6) shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range for executive salary group 3.

20.923(14)(a)(a) Any adjustment of salary for any incumbent in a position specified in subs. (4), (8), (9) and (12) is governed by the provisions of the compensation plan concerning executive salary groups as adopted by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12 (3) (b).

20.923(14)(c)(c) Any adjustment of salary for an incumbent specified in sub. (7) is governed by the provisions of the proposal concerning general senior executives as approved by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12 (3) (e).

20.923(15)(a)(a) An incumbent of a position that has been assigned to an executive salary group of the compensation plan or to a general senior executive group under this section, whose current salary exceeds the maximum of the salary range to which his or her position's group is assigned, shall remain at his or her current rate of pay while he or she remains employed in that position until the maximum of the salary range to which his or her executive salary group is assigned equals or exceeds his or her current rate of pay.

20.923(15)(b)(b) Except for the positions identified in sub. (7) (b) and positions approved by the joint committee of employment relations, the pay of any incumbent whose salary is subject to a limitation under this section may not equal or exceed that amount paid the governor.

20.923(16)(16)Overtime and compensatory time exclusion. The salary paid to any person whose position is included under subs. (2), (4), (7), and (8) to (12) is deemed to compensate that person for all work hours. No overtime compensation may be paid, and no compensatory time under s. 103.025 may be provided, to any such person for hours worked in any workweek in excess of the standard basis of employment as specified in s. 230.35 (5) (a).

20.923(18)(a)(a) The division of personnel management in the department of administration shall determine what positions in the classified service are comparable positions to the unclassified positions of 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries who are appointed under s. 303.01 (10). For each such unclassified position, the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall determine the minimum salary for each comparable position in the classified service and shall set an amount equal to that minimum salary as the salary for that unclassified position.

20.923(18)(b)(b) In addition to the salary set under par. (a), each sales representative of prison industries and each sales manager of prison industries who is appointed in the unclassified service under s. 303.01 (10) shall be eligible to earn commission compensation in an amount established by the appointing authority as defined in s. 230.03 (4). That appointing authority shall establish the amount of commission compensation based on invoiced sales and new customers.

20.924(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (3), in supervising and authorizing the implementation of the state building program under the appropriation authority of s. 20.867, the building commission:

20.924(1)(a)(a) Shall authorize the design and construction of any building, structure or facility costing in excess of $760,000 regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program.

20.924(1)(b)(b) Shall authorize the acquisition of land, or the repair, remodeling or improvement to any existing building, structure or facility costing in excess of $760,000, regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program. This paragraph does not apply to the acquisition of land by the building commission in the city of Madison within a block number specified in s. 13.48 (18). This paragraph does not apply to projects authorized under s. 16.858.

Effective date noteNOTE: Par. (b) is amended by 1997 Wis. Acts 5 and 27 and 2011 Wis. Act 32, eff. 7-1-02 or upon completion of acquisition of property sufficient for the construction of a facility to meet the space needs of the state law library, the legislative reference bureau library and legislative and judicial branch agencies and support staffs, to read:

20.924 Note
(b) Shall authorize the acquisition of land, or the repair, remodeling or improvement to any existing building, structure or facility costing in excess of $760,000, regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program. This paragraph does not apply to projects authorized under s. 16.858.

20.924(1)(d)(d) Shall exercise considered judgment in supervising the implementation of the state building program, and may authorize limited changes in the project program, and in the project budget if the commission determines that unanticipated program conditions or bidding conditions require the change to effectively and economically construct the project. However, total state funds for major projects under the authorized state building program for each agency shall not be exceeded.

20.924(1)(e)(e) May authorize the application of federal grants or private gift funds or other moneys in addition to or in lieu of the projects and project funds enumerated in the authorized state building program.

20.924(1)(em)(em) May substitute any available source of funding in whole or in part for borrowing authority under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) that is authorized to be used to fund a project enumerated under the authorized state building program.

20.924(1)(f)(f) May authorize advance planning or architectural design of future high priority projects.

20.924(1)(g)(g) Shall not authorize a project enumerated in the authorized state building program if the commission determines that the need for the project has changed, making it superfluous.

20.924(1)(i)(i) Shall not acquire or lease or authorize the acquisition or leasing of any building, structure, or facility, or portion thereof, for initial occupancy by the department of corrections for the purpose of confining persons serving a sentence of imprisonment to the Wisconsin state prisons or for the purpose of confining juveniles alleged or found to be delinquent unless one of the following applies:

20.924(1)(i)1.1. If the building, structure, or facility was converted for that purpose, the conversion either was completed before January 1, 2001, or began after the building, structure, or facility was enumerated in the authorized state building program.

20.924(1)(i)2.2. If the building, structure, or facility was not converted for that purpose, the construction of the building, structure, or facility either was completed before January 1, 2001, or began after the building, structure, or facility was enumerated in the authorized state building program.

20.924(1)(j)(j) Shall not enter into any lease or other contract that provides for the construction of any building, structure, or facility, or portion thereof, for initial occupancy by the state and that contains an option for the state to purchase the building, structure, or facility unless the seller or lessor agrees that all equipment to be installed as a component of the building, structure, or facility that relates to any function that consumes energy meets applicable requirements for state building projects under s. 16.855 (10s) (a).

20.924(3)(3)Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to the acquisition of land for, or the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of, any building, structure or facility for the state fair park board.

20.924(4)(4) In addition to the authorized building program for the historical society, the society may expend any funds which are made available from the appropriations under s. 20.245 (1) (a), (h), (m), (n), and (r).

20.924(5)(5) The building commission may utilize any funds at its disposal to supplement the otherwise authorized building program for any agency.

20.924 Annotation
Funds may not be used to construct a project that has not been provided for in either the long-range building program or specifically described in the session laws. 61 Atty. Gen. 298.

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Salary of temporary successors. Whenever a temporary vacancy has been found to exist under s. 17.025 and the certificate of temporary incapacity filed in the office of the secretary of state remains in effect, the affected incumbent shall continue to be entitled to receive the incumbent's full salary, and employer-paid fringe benefits, during the period of the temporary vacancy but not beyond the expiration of the incumbent's term. The person selected or qualified under s. 17.025 (4) to replace the incumbent during the temporary vacancy shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties as temporary successor and shall as compensation for those services be entitled to receive a sum equal to the amount of salary the disabled incumbent receives during the temporary vacancy, but if the person serving as temporary successor is already a salaried officer or employee of this state, the amount payable to the temporary successor, in addition to the temporary successor's regular salary, shall be the difference between the temporary successor's regular salary and the salary of the incumbent in the position in which the temporary vacancy exists. Nothing in this section shall authorize a reduction in the salary of a state officer or employee appointed to fill a temporary vacancy.

2015-16 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2017 Wis. Act 57 and all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders effective on or before August 11, 2017. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after August 11, 2017 are designated by NOTES. (Published 8-11-17)